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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 84 to 107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Xpcolatl" mean in Nahuatl?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Paint.
(c) Corn.
(d) Roots.

2. Which best describes how Fuentes characterizes Frida's speech?
(a) Frequently vulgar.
(b) Quirky.
(c) Often exaggerated.
(d) Very Proper.

3. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?
(a) Haitian culture.
(b) German culture.
(c) Italian culture.
(d) French culture.

4. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?
(a) A sponge print.
(b) Sauce that must have spilled onto the page.
(c) Ink that seeped through the previous page.
(d) Blotted lipstick.

5. What signature does Frida use several times in the Diary?
(a) The Little Frida.
(b) Sadja.
(c) Mrs. K. de Rivera.
(d) Cuatlicue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?

2. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

3. What figure does Lowe believe is depicted in flames in Frida's image labeled "Footprints and sunprints"?

4. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?

5. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?

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